Posts from Wizard – “Haven” [Campaign 6, Mission 4]

So, I didn't find any detailed and specific walkthroughs here.

From memory, I don't think there's anything here that needs further detail. At the start, you have three strong heroes with decent armies. Each of them moves forward and captures a castle. Then, Faidaen captures the last Necropolis castle and continues north. Godric also moves north and takes the first Haven castle. And Zehir begins clearing the surrounding area and capturing mines. Faidaen takes one castle in the north, then goes through a portal to the second and takes it as well, then moves south and takes the last Haven city. All that remains is to join Raileigh with Shadia, level up, gather troops, and defeat Isabel. Capturing all the castles could be completed on the eighth day if Faidaen and Godric have logistics. But I haven't tried it without logistics.

Yes, the mission is easy. Check all the Necropolis cities, maximize the economy, then check all the Haven cities. I had a high difficulty setting for defeating the Claw with just two castles. If you can't manage, check two more Haven cities and build up your troops – the mission is straightforward, there are no tricks involved. There are few places of power on the map.

I completed this mission today on veteran difficulty, and I didn't notice any difference compared to playing on a lower difficulty. Isabel was sitting in the castle with a large guard. By the time I attacked her, which was on day 6, week 4, month 3, my army consisted of over 100 archangels, 150 paladins, 1.5k archers, over 200 monks, and so on. Isabel, on the other hand, had 14 archangels, 25 paladins, and a few other units.
Well, at least I got to fight her a bit, unlike with Markel and Nicholas)).
PS I'm really tired of having to run around with all the heroes to level them up. By the way, I attacked Isabel with Zephyr because he had the lowest defense and attack stats. I wanted to level him up, but since Isabel had so few troops, I didn't gain much experience.

The developers clearly overdid it with the difficulty of obtaining all the upgrades.

yeah, things are still pretty straightforward in the Empire's lands, but in the Necropolis's territories, everything is divided like a labyrinth.

Regarding bypassing the level caps, yes, it gets annoying. Because, basically, all 9 cities are captured within 2 weeks, and then this starts happening. After capturing all the castles, there are two possible options for continuing: either equip the hero chosen for the role of a killer, Isabella, with either human troops or undead. When I played for the first time, I chose humans, but now, for variety and to add some freshness, I chose undead. Besides, I was prompted to do this by a walkthrough I read, which advised using only knightly troops. Let's try something unconventional. :smile24: To do this, we choose a hero who has Unholy Word (Subjugation, just in case) and high magic skills; in my case, it was Zehir. I fully upgraded only 2 Necropolis castles, converted all the human castles into gold and mage guilds, except for one, from which I later converted additional undead in the nearest Necropolis. Well, I should note that both development options lead to the same result, namely, completing the walkthrough and finishing the mission without problems, which is what is required.)

you can, of course, defeat enemies with Necromancer troops, but personally, I prefer to play as humans and use human troops. So, I gathered an incredible army for myself while all the heroes completed all the upgrade quests.

You can, of course, defeat enemies with Necromancer troops, but I personally prefer to play as Humans and use Human troops. So, I accumulated a huge army for myself while all the heroes completed all the upgrade quests.

Well, that's the beauty of it – alternative options are possible...

Walkthrough of the "Alliance" mission (WITHOUT SAVING THE HERO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgJJ4I68UFE
Walkthrough of the "Alliance" mission (WITHOUT SAVING THE HERO, USING CENTERPERK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koqROLkJrcE
Walkthrough of the "Alliance" mission (WITHOUT SAVING THE HERO on version 1.0): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kG8KQR-Sh4